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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 21 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That was back when people thought machines would make workers lives easier. What a fun fantasy that was.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

It remains less than a generation away, if we can win it.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 18 hours ago

We can do it with planned static technology, no need for MML's. Just need to well, make ALL corps go bankrupt first.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Problem is it won't be an idle life of luxury, it will be 90% of the world living on the streets because there are no jobs, but everything still costs money.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 12 hours ago

That's on each state's people, I guess.

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget food, energy, and climate crisises that are already well underway no matter how well we solve the fascist billionaires problem

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 12 hours ago

The quicker we start the later, the better chance we have at solving the former.